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Vocabulary Words: “A Country Divided” & “Peace Isn’t Possible”  2. negotiations (n.) – discussions aimed at reaching an agreement  Example: The government and the people of Egypt could not reach a negotiation for a reform in the country.

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Vocabulary Words: “A Country Divided” & “Peace Isn’t Possible”  4. absorb (v.) – take in  Example: Children in Egypt have not absorbed the dramatic changes that their country is currently experiencing.

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Vocabulary Words: “A Country Divided” & “Peace Isn’t Possible”  5. reunification (n.) – joining together of things that had been divided  Example: Songsam hopes that reunification would be possible for North and South Korea.

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Vocabulary Words: “A Country Divided” & “Peace Isn’t Possible”  6. divergent (adj.) – separate; going in different directions  Example: However, it is clearly obvious that both North and South Korea have divergent political views.

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Take out a sheet of paper and title: Reading Check Questions  From “A Country Divided”:  Page 232 (First Paragraph)  1. Is this text a primary source or a secondary source? How can you tell?  Page 232 (Fourth Paragraph)  2. What purpose do you think the author has for providing these facts?  Page 232 (Fifth Paragraph)  3. What other words do you know that are related to the word rebellions?

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Take out a sheet of paper and title: Reading Check Questions  From “A Country Divided”:  4. Why do you think this organization continues to call itself Sinn Fein today, even though very few Irish people speak the old Irish language?  Page 233 (Paragraph 7)  5. Does this author present a range of opinions on the issue of Irish independence? Explain.

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Take out a sheet of paper and title: Reading Check Questions  From “Lives in the Crossfire”:  1. Is this passage a primary source or a secondary source? How can you tell? (p. 236)  Primary. A resident of Northern Ireland uses the pronoun “I” to give an eyewitness account of what it is like to live amid the violence of Northern Ireland.  2. Why do you think this author included primary sources in her book about Northern Ireland? (p. 236)

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Take out a sheet of paper and title: Reading Check Questions  From “Lives in the Crossfire”:  3. Is the remainder of the selection a primary source or a secondary source? Why does the author emphasize the physical separation of Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland? (p. 236)  4. What facts does the author include at the end of the selection to summarize the effects of the war in Northern Ireland? (p. 237)  5. How does the focus of this selection differ from that of “A Country Divided”?

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Take out a sheet of paper and title: Chart: Categorize & Contrast Sources TitlePrimary or Secondary Source? Author’s PurposeHow is it the same as or different from other selections? “A Country Divided” “Lives in the Crossfire” “Internment” “Peace Isn’t Possible” Secondary To tell how Ireland came to be divided Others do not give history Primary & Secondary To show how the division influences life in Northern Ireland It is about the lives of people today